Places

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Photos

18 photos found. Showing results 741 to 18.

Maps

573 maps found.

Books

1 books found. Showing results 889 to 1.

Memories

676 memories found. Showing results 371 to 380.

Pinehurst Childrens Home, 141 Park Road, Camberley

My brother (Nigel) and I were in Pinehurst in 1964. I left in 1967 and my bother remained there for three more years. At that time Maurice Goldsworthy was in charge with his wife Elsie and son ...Read more

A memory of Pinehurst in 1964 by Brian Kemp

1968 70

My parents had the shop/ post office from 68-70 and I went to Odstock school. The best years of my life without doubt. Great people in Bodenham, Nunton and Odstock. The Millers lived next to the school. They had 7 kids. Julie was a bit ...Read more

A memory of Bodenham by Philip Brind

Does Anyone Remember!!

I am not sure of the exact date but, I remember going to a club on Church Road Tranmere. It was in an old shop and you went downstairs, Screaming Lord Sutch was on... does anyone else remember this?

A memory of Birkenhead in 1966 by Linda Doyle

Cain Bros Family Butchers

Can anyone remember the Cain Bros Family Butchers in Mitcham? I'm doing a bit of family history research and would love to hear any memories. I'm not sure on the exact dates as to when the shop was open, but I think it was there from the 1960's through to the 1970's.

A memory of Mitcham by Alison Cain

Growing Up In Barripper Road

My parents lived at 23 Barripper Road (David and Mair Hallett) and my sister Mandy and I went to Miss Blights (Elmhurst Preparatory School) in Bassett Road. I remember walking past the farm at the top of the road (now ...Read more

A memory of Camborne in 1955 by Caroline Walsh

I Hate Reedham

My brother and I were sent to Reedham School in 1954. We were there for two years, probably the worst two years of my life, despite being put into care at the age of five and continuing until sixteen. I was known as Mathews 2 or RS ...Read more

A memory of Purley in 1954 by Ashley Mathews

Elvaston Cottage Marsh Road Fleggburgh/ Burgh St Margaret

I moved to Fleggburgh in about 1996/97? I moved in with my father who had owned Elvaston Cottage for a few years. The house was a very thick walled place with large fire places and tons ...Read more

A memory of Fleggburgh in 1997 by Daniel Hastings

My Golden Days

1955 DATE WITH DIANA BARON,AND I MESSED UP,GOT INTO THE CARLTON AND FORGOT TO BUY HER TICKET,SHE WAS A BEAUTIFUL GIRL WHOM I MET AT THE OTHER CINEMA,THE WALTON VALE,WE DID LIKE EACH OTHER AT THE TIME,BUT I BLEW IT,MY NAN ...Read more

A memory of Walton in 1955 by Terry Sergeant

Valley Boy

I went to work in Pontins holiday camp Little Canada in May 1975 and i met my future husband Chris who came from Wales we instantly liked each other and started to go out on dates mostly to the village and the sloop.So we met in ...Read more

A memory of Wootton Bridge in 1975 by Margaret Jones

Wartime Prefabs At Upper Boat.

I have just read a memory of this extate from Brian Williams, I lived there from 1943 to 1945, at which point my father returned to his pre-war workplace at Croydon Airport. I remember a Brian Williams, I wonder if its the ...Read more

A memory of Upper Boat by karl

Captions

1,440 captions found. Showing results 889 to 912.

Caption For Denbigh, High Street C1955

The building at the end of the High Street is the old Town Hall, which dates from 1572; it was remodelled in 1780 and is now used as a library and museum.

Caption For Lyme Regis, Sherborne Lane C1955

The walls of Garston, Waverley and Monks Way (left) face Chapel Cottage, which dates from 1780 and has a fashionable frontage of Ionic pilasters and a pediment.

Caption For North Curry, The Square C1955

Although it looks medieval, in fact it dates from 1897, and was erected to commemorate Queen Victoria's Diamond Jubilee.

Caption For Othery, Main Road C1955

The former Congregational Chapel, with a reused date plaque of 1836, was rebuilt about 1883 when the hall beyond was added.

Caption For Northleach, The Green 1952

The half-timbered house on the right dates from Tudor times.

Caption For Clacton On Sea, The Beach And The Yorkshire Pierrots 1912

An early handbill described them as 'Up to Date – Thoroughly Refined'.

Caption For Rothwell, Market House C1965

The building behind was demolished in 1965, but that on the left, dated 1710, survives.

Caption For Grantham, Belton House C1960

North of Grantham, set in its seven hundred acre landscaped deer park, Belton House was begun in 1685; it is architecturally conservative for that date with its cupola and balustraded flat roof.

Caption For Sutton Coldfield, Penns Hall Hotel, The Interior C1965

It looks horribly dated now, but this was state-of-the-art opulence in 1965.

Caption For Dorridge, The Village C1965

The block in the background dates from the middle of the 20th century.

Caption For Weston Super Mare, The Pavilion 1903

At this date it was used by Hazelhurst School, becoming a hotel in 1926.

Caption For Frome, Bridge And Market Place 1964

The rider is glancing towards the Blue Boar Inn, which dates from 1691.

Caption For Ilkley, The White Wells 1923

The well spring and the house date from the early 1700s.

Caption For Dublin, The Custom House 1897

The Custom House dates from 1791 but was burned down in 1921 during the troubled years that led to the creation of the Irish Free State.

Caption For York, The Multiangular Tower C1885

When this stretch of the wall was excavated, the archaeologists found that the ramparts dated from Roman, Saxon, Viking, Norman and medieval times, and that the earth bank grew with each occupation.

Caption For Beauchief, The Abbey C1950

Around 1662 a small chapel dedicated to St Thomas Beckett was built against the east wall of the tower; many of its fittings including the pulpit, Communion table and box pews date from c1664.

Caption For Maltby, Parish Church C1965

Though the west tower with its distinctive recessed spire is said to contain masonry older than Roche Abbey, the rest of St Bartholomew's dates from 1859, when it was rebuilt to a design by P Boyce.

Caption For Hawkshead, The Parish Church 1892

It was originally built as a chapel in the 12th century; the present commanding building on its hill overlooking the village mainly dates from the 15th century.

Caption For Staines, View From The Bridge 1907

On the left is the roof of Staines' Town Hall, a dull building dated 1880.

Caption For Elham, High Street C1960

Elham, pronounced 'Eel-am', dates from Saxon times, and stands six miles north-east of Hythe.

Caption For Kessingland, Church Road C1955

The road was developed in the Victorian period, and most of the houses and shops, like those on the right, are of that date.

Caption For Cirencester, The Church And Town Hall C1955

Dating from the late 15th century, the three-storey porch originally housed the administrative offices for the abbey.

Caption For Wem, High Street C1965

There was a terrible fire in Wem in 1677, so most of the buildings in the town date from the 1700s or afterwards.